Staff Backend Engineer - Ads Platform
Core
Architect and lead the technical strategy for Airbnb's AI-powered Growth Engine that autonomously manages the full lifecycle of paid campaigns (creative, bidding, audience) across Google, Meta, and other channels.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (AI/ML Systems)
Builds
Autonomous agentic systems for paid marketing campaigns
Domain
Digital Advertising / AI / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Technical leadership, system architecture, hands-on coding, cross-functional strategy, mentoring, experimentation, AI/ML integration
Preferred skills
Paid advertising platform expertise (Meta, Google)
Technologies
Google Ads, Meta Ads, AI/ML frameworks
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for the agentic Growth Engine, write and review code, partner with Marketing/Product/Design, advance the AI-assisted to autonomous roadmap, mentor engineers, collaborate with ML/AI teams
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership
